#BDB375#BDB375

#BDB375 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.082 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB375
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 117)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -5.60, 32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 33.43, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0146 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.082 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3179, 44.3445, 23.2617)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB375 #757FBD

analogous

#BD8F75 #BDB375 #A3BD75

triadic

#BDB375 #75BDB3 #B375BD

tetradic

#BDB375 #75BD8F #757FBD #BD75A3

square

#BDB375 #75BD8F #757FBD #BD75A3

split-complementary

#BDB375 #75A3BD #8F75BD

monochromatic

#7C733B #A69A4F #BDB375 #D1CA9E #E5E1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB375 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BDB375 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB375

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB375	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB375	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb375;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.082 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c99d',
    500: '#bdb375',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb375;
$custom-light: #d2c99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb375",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76063,
    "c": 0.08231,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB375

secondary

#B9BDD5

accent

#6CCB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB375

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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